Educational offensive in Vienna: 55,000 specialists urgently wanted!

Educational offensive in Vienna: 55,000 specialists urgently wanted!

In Vienna, the need for qualified specialists has increased to a new high in the coming years! As the Vienna Chamber of Commerce reveals in a comprehensive study, around 55,000 qualified employees are sought over the next three to five years alone. These alarming numbers were presented at a joint press conference by Vice Mayor Christoph Return and WK-President Walter Ruck. The analysis, which was carried out by Makam Research based on surveys at 925 Viennese companies, a total of around 80,000 employees shows that the demand from all levels of education, from teaching to universities of applied sciences to universities, goes.

"The search for specialists is one of the biggest challenges for the economy," emphasized Ruck during the announcement. The high demand for apprentices has increased significantly in recent years: three years ago, only 25% of the Viennese companies wanted to train more apprentices, now over 40%. Fifty percent of the need for skilled workers are eliminated in this area, which is crucial for the growth of the Viennese economy. The city of Vienna has responded and increasingly relies on education in government agencies! New training centers and initiatives for prospective kindergarten educators are already in the starting blocks to secure the offspring.

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In order to counteract the acute shortage of skilled workers, the Vienna Chamber of Commerce calls for a comprehensive skilled worker offensive. This catalog of measures includes the areas of education, influx and potential use. Among other things, it is proposed to offer scholarships for adults that begin an apprenticeship, and the apprenticeship is also to be recognized as an access requirement for a specialist study. In addition, the Chamber of Commerce considers a reform of the red-white-red card necessary to accelerate the immigration of qualified workers. Further training measures are also increased in order to promote employee training, especially in the IT area, where growing demand can be expected ...

These developments are of great importance for the future of the Viennese economy. Education is the key to a successful career and the shortage of skilled workers has the potential to have a lasting impact on the economy in the coming years. The measures that are now taken could be decisive for Vienna to continue to be an attractive location for companies and specialists in the future, such as "https://www.ots.at/a/obs_20230201_OBS0024"> ots.at reported, and the results of the emotion needs are a clear reference to the need to focus on training Like press.wien.gv.at emphasized.

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